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Vishal Sikka
Vishal Sikka (born 1 May 1967) is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Vianai and was CTO of SAP AG and CEO of Infosys. He also serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI.
His current endeavor, Vianai, is a startup based in San Francisco that provides software services in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Previously, Sikka served as executive vice chairman, CEO, and managing director of Infosys. Prior to joining Infosys, Sikka was a member of the executive board and the global managing board of SAP AG, leading all SAP products and innovation worldwide. After three years at Infosys, Sikka left on 18 August 2017.
In 2017, India Today magazine ranked him #32nd in India's 50 Most powerful people list.
Sikka was born in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, India to Punjabi parents - an officer in the Indian Railways and a teacher. His family moved to Vadodara in Gujarat when he was six. He did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rajkot and thereafter at a Christian school named Rosary High School (Vadodara).
Sikka joined the bachelors in Computer Engineering course at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, which he discontinued to go to Syracuse University in New York where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science. He completed his Ph.D. in 1996 from Stanford University. His dissertation was titled Integrating Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems and his thesis advisor was Michael Genesereth.
Marvin Minsky, one of the fathers of AI, wrote a recommendation letter for Sikka for his admission to Stanford. John McCarthy, also known as a father of AI, was one of Sikka's professors.
After a brief stint at Xerox's research labs, Sikka founded iBrain which competed at the time with Business Objects. iBrain was acquired by PatternRX, Inc. His second startup, Bodha.com, focused on developing technology for non-invasive, service-based integration of enterprise applications and information. Sikka joined Peregrine Systems as their area vice-president following their acquisition of Bodha.com.
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Vishal Sikka
Vishal Sikka (born 1 May 1967) is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Vianai and was CTO of SAP AG and CEO of Infosys. He also serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI.
His current endeavor, Vianai, is a startup based in San Francisco that provides software services in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Previously, Sikka served as executive vice chairman, CEO, and managing director of Infosys. Prior to joining Infosys, Sikka was a member of the executive board and the global managing board of SAP AG, leading all SAP products and innovation worldwide. After three years at Infosys, Sikka left on 18 August 2017.
In 2017, India Today magazine ranked him #32nd in India's 50 Most powerful people list.
Sikka was born in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, India to Punjabi parents - an officer in the Indian Railways and a teacher. His family moved to Vadodara in Gujarat when he was six. He did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rajkot and thereafter at a Christian school named Rosary High School (Vadodara).
Sikka joined the bachelors in Computer Engineering course at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, which he discontinued to go to Syracuse University in New York where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science. He completed his Ph.D. in 1996 from Stanford University. His dissertation was titled Integrating Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems and his thesis advisor was Michael Genesereth.
Marvin Minsky, one of the fathers of AI, wrote a recommendation letter for Sikka for his admission to Stanford. John McCarthy, also known as a father of AI, was one of Sikka's professors.
After a brief stint at Xerox's research labs, Sikka founded iBrain which competed at the time with Business Objects. iBrain was acquired by PatternRX, Inc. His second startup, Bodha.com, focused on developing technology for non-invasive, service-based integration of enterprise applications and information. Sikka joined Peregrine Systems as their area vice-president following their acquisition of Bodha.com.